- 15 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityUN
Myanmar marks coup anniversary with protests and unrest
(Reuters) -Streets in some of Myanmar's main cities were nearly deserted on Tuesday as opponents of military rule held "silent strikes", marking the first anniversary of a coup that led…
U.N. urges Taliban to release information about missing journalists
KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nation's mission to Afghanistan on Tuesday called on the Taliban administration to release details on the detention of two Afghan journalists who disappeared the previous…
Sudan army-led Council signals tougher line on U.N. mediation
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The deputy head of Sudan's military-led Sovereign Council said on Saturday a U.N. envoy should be working as a "facilitator and not a mediator", signalling an apparent…
Western diplomats seek urgent aid for Afghanistan, assurances on girls’ education
OSLO (Reuters) - Western diplomats said on Thursday they would expand their Afghan relief operations while continuing to pressure the country's Islamist Taliban rulers to respect human rights and allow…
S.Korea says Iran to regain UN vote after delinquent dues paid with frozen funds
SEOUL (Reuters) - Iran is expected to regain its vote in the U.N. General Assembly after South Korea paid Tehran's delinquent dues to the world body with frozen Iranian funds…
U.N. defines Holocaust denial, urges social media firms to fight it
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday agreed on a definition of denial of the Holocaust, when the Nazis killed 6 million Jews during…
UN rights office decries Ethiopia air strikes, says 108 killed this month
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday expressed alarm at "multiple, deeply disturbing reports" of air strikes in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, saying…
U.N. chief appeals for release of money to save Afghan lives
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Thursday for a suspension of rules preventing the use of money in Afghanistan to save lives and…
U.S. pushing for more U.N. sanctions on North Korea over missiles
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States is pushing the United Nations Security Council to impose more sanctions on North Korea following a series of North Korean…
Keeping the NPT Pot Boiling
The world has generally welcomed a statement from the designated Nuclear- Weapon States at the dawn of the New Year, reaffirming that they consider “the avoidance of war between Nuclear-Weapon…
By TP Sreenivasan
For struggling Afghan family, the next meal is a matter of faith
By James Mackenzie, Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Ali Khara BAMIYAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - As winter sets in, Afghan widow Kubra needs to find fuel to heat the single room where…
Crystal Gazing 2022: India and The World
If we thought 2019 and 2020 presented uncertainties then 2022 is here to surprise all of us. It could be remembered as one of the most complex, unpredictable, and potentially…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
